English Pronunciation 👄 Long vowel /iː/ in 'fleece’, ‘sea’ & ‘machine’

This is a long vowel sound and it's  pronounced /iː/. Now you try - repeat  

after me? /iː/ /iː/. Now here are  some words which have this sound:  

fleece - sea - machine. Now you try - repeat  after me: fleece - sea - machine. Good.

For speakers of some languages, it can be  difficult to tell the difference between  

this sound the long vowel /iː/ and another  sound the short vowel /I/. Here are some  

examples where you can hear the difference:  litre - litter, cheap - chip, feet - fit,  

he's - his peach - pitch, sheep -  ship. Now you try - listen carefully  

and repeat after me - in each example  the vowel with the long sound is first:

litre - litter, cheap - chip, feet - fit,  he's - his peach - pitch, sheep - ship. Good.